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    Reconciling TRIPS and CBD through disclosure requirement

    South Asia Watch on Trade, Economics & Environment, 2005
    The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) provides a multilaterally agreed set of rules for access to and sharing of benefits arising out of the commercial use of genetic resources, while WTO TRIPS agreement is sought to protect modern biotechnologies. In view of this, the current paper believes that CBD and TRIPS should be seen in conjunction with one another.
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    IP and sustainable development: development agendas in a changing world

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2010
    Recent developments as a result of the TRIPS agreement and free trade agreements have made developing countries more mindful of the importance of Iintellectual property (IP) regimes and their implications for development.
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    Limited partnership: Business, government, civil society, and the public in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI)

    Wiley Online Library, 2011
    This article assesses the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a public-private partnership designed to help resource-rich countries avoid corruption in the management of extractive industry revenues. Thirty-two nations have adopted EITI. However, the EITI partnership is not as effective as it could be for three reasons.
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    Putting Contract Research Organisations on the Radar

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
    It is a trend for pharmaceutical companies to contract third parties to conduct their clinical trials in order to test their drugs. This trend is referred to as outsourcing, and the companies that carry out the work are called contract research organisations (CROs).
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    Radioactive Revenues: Financial Flows between Uranium Mining Companies and African Governments

    Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011
    For African countries, the revenue derived from the uranium mining operations of multinational corporations is despite the high price of uranium minimal, uncertain and volatile. The financial agreements that these countries make with the uranium producers regarding their share in the profits are the primary reason for this state of affairs.
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    IDH Sustainable Trade Initiative (IDH)

    IDH accelerates and upscales sustainable trade by building impact oriented coalitions of front running multinationals, civil society organisations, governments and other stakeholders.
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    Verified Carbon Standard (VCS)

    The Verified Carbon Standard is a greenhouse gas accounting programme used by projects around the world to verify and issue carbon credits in voluntary markets.
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    Pre-feasibility study for an improved cook stoves project in Northern Ghana

    CARE International, 2009
    A contract was signed between the Danish Energy Agency and CARE Danmark on 10 June 2009 to carry out a pre-feasibility study for a CDM Program of Activities (PoA) on improved cook stoves in Northern Ghana.
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    Ecuadorian Handbook for Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects

    2008
    The intent of this guideline is to present a simple and educational background regarding not only about carbon markets, but their current opportunities, as well as local and international procedures that a project proponent must meet to successfully incorporate the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and emit carbon certificates in the international market.
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    “Corporate social responsibility” across Middle East and North Africa

    2006
    A vivid debate is taking place across the world questioning the social role of business and balance of power between institutions. This paper attempts to synthesise the reports prepared by various authors, who live and work in their homeland in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), on the notion of “corporate social responsibility” (CSR).

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